Thanks!  I'll give it a try.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bill Crawford
> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 5:15 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Dual VGA cards and monitors
> 
> 
> On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, BG wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have a Dell Optiplex GX-110 which has onboard VGA and I 
> have installed an
> > Nvidia PCI card with 64 Mb of memory to enable OpenGL use.  
> When I boot RH
> > 7.2 the new video card is not recognized by Kudzu.  Is the 
> onboard VGA
> > blocking the card recognition?  I have no way to disable 
> the onboard VGA
> > with the BIOS, I can only set it to AUTO mode which means 
> that both are
> > working.
> 
>  I'd recommend trying the "xf86cfg" program that comes with XFree86.
> It's in a separate package (XFree86-xf86cfg) which you will probably
> need to install as it's omitted by default.
> 
> > If I am able to get RH 7.2 to recognize the card will I be 
> able to somehow
> > tell the system to use the Nvidia card as the default VGA 
> device?  Can I
> > setup the system to use both monitors like the Windblows 
> "Extend My Desktop
> > Feature"?
> 
>  X has been able to do multi-head for over a decade.  The Windows
> world has just discovered the idea, and in true commercial fashion
> has come up with several implementations (one per vendor).
> 
>  Using xf86cfg should allow to choose which way around the screens
> fit together (well, you have to tell it which is left and which is
> right -- DDC doesn't quite cut it :o)
> 
> > TIA,
> > Bill
> 
> 
> 
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